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TORPEDO SHIPS

SUKHUM torpedo boat (1883)

Sukhum 1883

Names

Ρσυσμ [Sukhum], 4.1895- Ή257

Builders

Thornycroft, Southampton, UK: Sukhum

Completed

1883: Sukhum

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1907: Ή257

 

Displacement normal, t

64

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

34.4

Breadth, m

3.81

Draught, m

1.98 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VC, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

704

Max speed, kts

17.9

Fuel, t

coal 11

Endurance, nm(kts) 1060(10.5)

Armament

2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 2 - 381 TT (bow)

Complement

16

Project history: Ram-bowed with turtle deck forward, two funnels abreast and three masts on which fore and aft sails could be set. There was 6mm steel on the sides and deck near the machinery. The two TT were fixed in the bows.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Sukhum

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